Geox-TMC
Geox-TMC | |
Team data | |
UCI code | GEO |
nationality | Spain |
License | Professional Continental Team |
operator | Grupo Deportivo GM Bicicletas, Camargo |
First season | 2004 |
Last season | 2011 |
discipline | Street |
Wheel manufacturer | Fuji |
staff | |
Team manager | Mauro Gianetti |
Name story | |
Years | Surname |
2004–2007 2008 2008 2009 2010 2011 |
Saunier Duval-Prodir Saunier Duval-Scott Scott-American Beef Fuji-Servetto Footon-Servetto Geox-TMC |
shirt | |
Website | |
www.geox-tmc.com |
Geox-TMC (formerly Footon-Servetto , Fuji-Servetto , before that Scott-American Beef , Saunier Duval-Scott and Saunier Duval-Prodir ) was a Spanish cycling team .
The team was founded in 2004 by team manager Mauro Gianetti and took part in the UCI ProTour until 2010 as the UCI ProTeam . The team competed in the 2011 season as a Professional Continental Team . At the end of the 2011 season, the team was dissolved because the team operator Grupo Deportivo GM Bicicletas could not find a new sponsor after the withdrawal of the main sponsor Geox , an Italian shoe manufacturer.
The team was equipped with bikes from Scott until the turn of the year 2008/2009 , and since 2009 the bikes have been provided by Fuji.
Since 2008, the team has been repeatedly involved in doping scandals, which resulted in frequent changes of sponsors. Then moved Saunier Duval back after the then team captain Riccardo Ricco during the 2008 Tour de France doping had been convicted. The bicycle manufacturer Scott initially announced that it would continue to sponsor the team, but later also terminated its support. From 2011, the team only had a license as a Professional Continental Team and drove under the name Geox-TMC . Despite prominent riders in the team such as the former tour winner Carlos Sastre and the third of the Tour de France 2010 , Denis Menschow , the team was surprisingly not invited to the 2011 Tour de France .
For the Vuelta a España 2011 , the team received the starting authorization via a wildcard and here the team managed a bang a few weeks before the breakup. Juan José Cobo , who wanted to end his cycling career in the middle of 2011 and had to be persuaded to continue, won the difficult 15th stage with the goal on the Alto de Angliru single- handedly. He took the lead and was able to save 13 seconds after Madrid from his narrow lead. This overall victory at the Vuelta was therefore the greatest success of the team overall.
2011 season
Success in the UCI WorldTour
date | run | driver |
---|---|---|
September 4th | 15th stage Vuelta a España | Juan José Cobo |
August 20–11. September | Overall ranking Vuelta a España | Juan José Cobo |
Success in the UCI Europe Tour
date | run | Cat. | driver |
---|---|---|---|
27th of February | Clásica de Almería | 1.1 | Matteo Pelucchi |
April 21 | 3rd stage Giro del Trentino | 2.HC | Fabio Duarte |
21 July | 2a. Stage Brixia Tour | 2.1 | Fabio Felline |
Disposals - additions
team
Placements in UCI rankings
- UCI America Tour 2011
driver | Points | |
---|---|---|
229. | Giampaolo Cheula | 10 |
234. | Matteo Pelucchi | 10 |
326. | Fabio Felline | 5 |
- UCI Asia Tour 2011
driver | Points | |
---|---|---|
283. | Matteo Pelucchi | 5 |
- UCI Europe Tour 2011
driver | Points | |
---|---|---|
84. | Daniele Ratto | 144.5 |
109. | Juan José Cobo | 120 |
111. | Fabio Duarte | 118 |
127. | Daniele Colli | 108 |
174. | Matteo Pelucchi | 89 |
186. | Fabio Felline | 84.5 |
197 | Denis Menshov | 81.5 |
264. | Carlos Sastre | 59 |
280. | Arkaitz Duran | 56 |
600. | David Blanco | 21.5 |
714. | Marcel Wyss | 15th |
751 | Mauricio Ardila | 12.5 |
805 | David de la Fuente | 11 |
987. | Marko Kump | 6th |
987. | David Gutiérrez | 6th |
1064. | Xavier Florencio | 5 |
1139. | Rafael Valls | 3 |
1212. | Dmitri Kosonchuk | 2 |
Placements in UCI rankings
UCI world rankings
season | Team ranking | Driver ranking |
---|---|---|
2004 | 14th | Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero (13th) |
UCI ProTour
season | Team ranking | Driver ranking |
---|---|---|
2005 | 7th | Constantino Zaballa (28th) |
2006 | 9. | José Ángel Gómez (23rd) |
2007 | 6th | Riccardo Riccò (16.) |
2008 | 5. | Riccardo Riccò (42.) |
UCI World Calendar
season | Team ranking | Driver ranking |
---|---|---|
2009 | 23. | Juan José Cobo (72nd) |
2010 | 29 | Manuel António Cardoso (146.) |
UCI Africa Tour
season | Team ranking | Driver ranking |
---|---|---|
2011 | - | - |
UCI America Tour
season | Team ranking | Driver ranking |
---|---|---|
2011 | 28. | Giampaolo Cheula (229.) |
UCI Asia Tour
season | Team ranking | Driver ranking |
---|---|---|
2011 | 64. | Matteo Pelucchi (283.) |
UCI Europe Tour
season | Team ranking | Driver ranking |
---|---|---|
2011 | 15th | Daniele Ratto (84th) |
UCI Oceania Tour
season | Team ranking | Driver ranking |
---|---|---|
2011 | - | - |
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ radsport-news.com of December 7th, 2011: The curtain falls on Geox-TMC
- ↑ Fuji-Servetto Registers with Pro Tour for 2009 Season , reviews.mtbr.com
- ↑ ntv.de: Saunier-Duval dissolves team on July 23, 2008
- ↑ canadiancyclist.com: SCOTT Bicycles discontinues sponsorship (English) from August 28, 2008